diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 31eff585c6a8..e54411826e7c 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -953,6 +953,7 @@ static const char *const head_sections[] = { ".head.text*", NULL };
 static const char *const linker_symbols[] =
 	{ "__init_begin", "_sinittext", "_einittext", NULL };
 static const char *const optim_symbols[] = { "*.constprop.*", NULL };
+static const char *const cfi_symbols[] = { "*.cfi", NULL };
 
 enum mismatch {
 	TEXT_TO_ANY_INIT,
@@ -1174,6 +1175,16 @@ static const struct sectioncheck *section_mismatch(
  *   fromsec = text section
  *   refsymname = *.constprop.*
  *
+ * Pattern 6:
+ *   With CONFIG_CFI_CLANG, clang appends .cfi to all indirectly called
+ *   functions and creates a function stub with the original name. This
+ *   stub is always placed in .text, even if the actual function with the
+ *   .cfi postfix is in .init.text or .exit.text.
+ *   This pattern is identified by
+ *   tosec   = init or exit section
+ *   fromsec = text section
+ *   tosym   = *.cfi
+ *
  **/
 static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch,
 			    const char *fromsec, const char *fromsym,
@@ -1212,6 +1223,12 @@ static int secref_whitelist(const struct sectioncheck *mismatch,
 	    match(fromsym, optim_symbols))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Check for pattern 6 */
+	if (match(fromsec, text_sections) &&
+	    match(tosec, init_exit_sections) &&
+	    match(tosym, cfi_symbols))
+		return 0;
+
 	return 1;
 }